News

Anthony H. Cordesman and Nicholas Harrington December 12, 2018 The military balance between Iran, its Arab neighbors, and the United States has been a critical military issue in the Middle East... Read more

By Anthony H. Cordesman August 13, 2018 The U.S. has now reached the point where the third Administration in a row is fighting wars where the U.S. often scores serious tactical victories and makes... Read more

By Anthony H. Cordesman August 8, 2018 The United States has now been at war in Afghanistan for some seventeen years and been fighting another major war in Iraq for fifteen years. It has been... Read more

By Jon B. Alterman July 12, 2018 In 1967, the Middle East was transformed. Egypt’s president, Gamal Abd al-Nasser, was mired in a pitiless war in Yemen that was draining his military and his... Read more

Source: CIE As part of a twenty-six day visit to the United States (May 1951), Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion spends the day touring some of the projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).... Read more

By Anthony H. Cordesman May 31, 2018 The Iraqi election in May 2018 has highlighted the security challenges the United States now faces in Iraq and the Middle East. One key concern is the level of... Read more

By Anthony H. Cordesman January 30, 2018 History is never particularly merciful, especially in the case of failed leaders. One cannot help but wonder therefore, how will future generations of Arabs... Read more

Anthony H. Cordesman December 12, 2017 The 38th summit meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was held in Kuwait on December 5, 2017. The meeting’s impact can politely be described as... Read more